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Na h-Eileanan Siar
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,174Searchable applications
76Recorded as pending
99%Approval rate · 9,703 approved or refused records
141Refused applications
9,562 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building StandardsContact planning Contact Building StandardsLocal plan Planning Policy and GuidancePre-application advice Pre-application Advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01851822692Council source
- Planning enquiries01870602425Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided16/00428/TEL
Install Broadband Cabinet
Broadband Cabinet Bridge Cottages Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 5 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00429/PPD
Create croft access track by retaining and altering existing site construction road to new hydro dam
Access Track 1 Bunavoneader Isle Of Harris
Received 31 Aug 2016 - Decided16/00431/LBC
Internal alterations; erection of partition to form meeting room, cleaners store and installation of kitchen units
Town Hall Cromwell Street Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2DB
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00432/PPD
Alteration and extension of house
9 Perceval Road South Stornoway Isle Of Lewis HS1 2TR
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00433/PPD
Erect house and construct access and parking area
1 South Locheynort Locheynort Isle Of South Uist
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00434/PPD
Erect agricultural barn and create access
5B Tong Isle Of Lewis HS2 0HS
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00435/PPD
Erect dwelling; install air source heat pump; and construct access and parking area.
1B North Glendale Lochboisdale Isle Of South Uist
Received 5 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00436/PPD
Erect steel frame storage building
4B Creed Enterprise Park Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00437/TEL
Provide emergency standby power generator
Meannan Mor Telecommunications Mast Laxay Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00438/PPD
Change of use to recycling and sorting centre, including scrap metal. Siting of containers for storage of materials
4A Creed Enterprise Park Lochs Road Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00439/PPD
Erect house. Install air source heat pump.
5A Carishader Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00440/TEL
Install back up generator at telecoms site
Radio Station Beinn Na Cloch Radio Station Dalbeg Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00441/TEL
Back up Generator
Grean Head Transmitter Cleat Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00442/PPD
Erect house and construct access and parking spaces
13 Bentangaval Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00443/PPD
Site twin unit caravan for holiday let
13A Bentangaval Castlebay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00444/PPD
Alter and extend existing dwelling house
Crobeag Farm Cromore Lochs Isle Of Lewis HS2 9QH
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00445/PPP
Erect house
1 Mossend Stornoway Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00446/TEL
Install backup generator
Telecommunications Mast Ceadraiseal Breasclete Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00447/PPP
Erect house
16A Rushgarry Berneray Isle Of North Uist
Received 9 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00448/PPD
Construction of wooden shed for storage of angling association equipment.
Fishing Hut Gress Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00449/TEL
Back up generator with fuel tank and ancillary development
Mast South Galson Isle Of Lewis
Received 9 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00450/PPD
Erect house and studio and install ground source heat pump
3 Claddach Vallay Sollas Isle Of North Uist
Received 12 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00451/FULTEL
Generator and fuel tank
Kyles Lodge Mast Glen Kyles Leverburgh Isle Of Harris
Received 13 Sept 2016 - Decided16/00452/PPD
Erect house. Install air source heatpump.
73 Upper Carloway Carloway Isle Of Lewis
Received 13 Sept 2016
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Na h-Eileanan Siar, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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